Monks reviews

3.3

57% would recommend to a friend

(1,300 total reviews)
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Sir Martin Sorrell | Wesley ter Haar | Bruno Lambertini

29% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

Monks has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,300 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Monks employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
Feb 17, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

I will just be quoting people who have commented already. Obviously, I will just pick out the stuff I agree with. - Free snacks and some good people - Actually they have a really good sounding health package but in the end it is nothing but hot air - Exploitation and Modern Day Slavery (Oh, oops. The last one (or two?) are not really a pros. My bad)

Cons

Just quoting others again. :) "Management" - Toxic management - Lack of integrity amongst upper leadership - No transparency - Big egos and empty promises - No respect for employees. Only for shareholders. "Operations" - Very 'misleading' info supplied by MM in interview process. - No proper financial controls. Smoke screens and gaslighting around finances - Poor onboarding and processes combined with intense work pressure - Lots of scope creep during projects - This place loves meetings "Culture" - Extremely toxic, cut-throat environment - High burnout, high turnover - Terrible macho bro culture - Women not taken seriously and sexism has no consequences - On two separate occasions a peer of mine experienced a death in their family - Culture of not speaking up nor correcting anyone that does wrong Work/life "Balance"/Mental "Health" - You will be working 24/7 - Chaos everyday, all day - Highly stressful environment with nonsensical deadlines - Anyone working for US teams and clients can be exited at any moment - Continuous disregard for ethical working hours "Quality" of projects - You will be working on legacy projects and old technologies - Sausage Factory with little to no creative. - Production first company with too much paperwork - 70% of the work is done by Semi-Seniors, Juniors, Trainees and Interns. "Pay" - Subpar pay - No year-end bonus - The people team is paid way below market value - No overtime pay (with loads of overtime) "What are these promotions/raises you speak of?" - Media.Monks hasn't had performance reviews in 2 years - Good luck getting promoted if you're not European - This is a white Dutch centric org. If you're not a Dutch man, forget about moving up TL;DR: - Abusive work/life balance with an over abundance of toxic and racist Dutch bros - Sexist. Women are viewed as and treated like sex objects - I've never been so far from creative in my entire career - The work is all sub par, we delivered terrible projects to good clients and just ripped them off - If you are not Dutch you will never get anywhere

4.0
Feb 16, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You meet some of the best people here, and in this frantic industry, they're what keep you going! You also learn bucket loads and get incredible exposure to the industry. MediaMonks is a great space to be. The benefits are fab too!

Cons

The work is intense, the pay isn't amazing, progression isnt prioritised enough, and it can be very cliquey.

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